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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
.jpg "Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Mount with Interlaced Panels")
.jpg "The Siddington Impressive Anglo-Saxon Chip-Carved Saucer Brooch Pair")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Sold for (Inc. bp): £203
A fragment of a pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with neatly impressed columns of cuneiform text, accounting of Ur III food distribution,
representing wages. 82 grams, 67 mmFine condition.
Ex UK art market, 1970s.
Property of a London gentleman.
Cf. Liverani, M., Antico Oriente, Storia, societa' ed economia, Roma, 1988, pp.608-609, fig.111, for type.
Ex UK art market, 1970s.
Property of a London gentleman.
Cf. Liverani, M., Antico Oriente, Storia, societa' ed economia, Roma, 1988, pp.608-609, fig.111, for type.
A ceramic chalice with broad everted rim, painted with groups of dashed lines, chevrons and plain bands of varying width. 260 grams, 11.5 cm wide
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A penannular, round-section bronze bracelet featuring dragon head terminals with detailing to the facial features. 53 grams, 68 mm wide
Early 1990s London collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
Early 1990s London collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
A gold pendant composed of a conical cap with band of raised arches and suspension loop, set with a carnelian stone. 2.51 grams, 21 mm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
A group of two copper-alloy vessels or vessel components: a shallow bowl with wedge-shaped handle; a hemispherical bowl or lid with truncated conical terminal or foot. 551 grams total, 11.5 - 17.5 cm
UK collection since the 1990s.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
UK collection since the 1990s.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
A gold pendant with tablet-shaped stone body wrapped in a sheet-gold sleeve, granulated bead and suspension loop above, bulbous dangle below. 2.26 grams, 31 mm high
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A bulbous ceramic jar with flared neck flanked by two integral handles, two strips of raised knops to the body; hole near base of one handle. 359 grams, 12 cm high
Acquired 1970s.
From an important deceased family collection by descent.
Acquired 1970s.
From an important deceased family collection by descent.
A string of lapis lazuli beads of various types, including biconical, wheel and tubular types. 3.66 grams, 39 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
A copper-alloy bowl with omphalos and fluting. 264 grams, 19 cm wideFine condition.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
.jpg "Sassanian Stamp Seal with Capricorn and Inscription")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £381
A plano-convex rock crystal stamp seal with oblong base, displaying a capricorn advancing left, with Pahlavi script in the field; drilled through the body for suspension; the body of the seal also engraved with circular and lozenge motifs; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 8.46 grams, 22 mmFine condition.
Acquired 1980-2000s.
Important collection of a London gentleman.
Acquired 1980-2000s.
Important collection of a London gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
A clay plaque fragment displaying a stylised incised tree of life and a figure seated right, depicted with pinched head, recessed eye and outstretched arms. 123 grams, 10 cm
Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
A shell cylinder seal with scenes in two registers; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of fossil shell, 45 x 17 mm. Two registers: above two seated figures drinking beer from a pot through straw, palm tree terminal. Below: contest scene of hero, two domestic quadrupeds and two lions. trans-Tigridian, c.2500-2300 B.C. Condition fair.' 23.4 grams, 45 mm
From an important family collection.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Accompanied by a typed and signed note by Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
'Trans-Tigridian' in this context means 'from across the River Tigris', i.e. from the region between the Tigris and the Zagros mountains, between the Iranian highlands and Mesopotamia.
From an important family collection.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Accompanied by a typed and signed note by Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
'Trans-Tigridian' in this context means 'from across the River Tigris', i.e. from the region between the Tigris and the Zagros mountains, between the Iranian highlands and Mesopotamia.
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